The hosts, Newcastle United, should be front runners in this match, but Chelsea have revealed both know-how and spirit. Read more about the match!
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chelsea have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newcastle United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. James' Park as Newcastle United have scored 16 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Newcastle are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here. The goalie Pope was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Pope topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Southampton.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newcastle United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Newcastle can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. From these home matches, Newcastle United have conceded only 5 goals.
Chelsea form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Chelsea playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two away matches in a row for Chelsea, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.
A 0-1 loss hosting Arsenal before that.10 goals have been conceded by Chelsea in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest matches featuring these opponents have all finished as Chelsea victories. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 8 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |  B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura 3 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Newcastle United | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 79% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 71% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 15% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 8% |
| 57% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 54% |
| 43% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 21% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 18.3 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.9 | 11.6 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 36% | 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 21% | 33% |
| 12 | 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
- Newcastle United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chelsea have scored away.
- Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Premier League
- Newcastle United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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